Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-04-17
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day." said a Colorado veteran, about
some fellow beating fly loo by soaking his
lump of sugar in a chemical that scared of
the insects. You know in fly loo each
man lays a piece of sugar on the table, and
the first one that gets q fly loses the
drinks or stalks. Last summer | was at
the Arcade in Denver, and one day =
smooth looking Eastern chap walks in and
suggests fly loo. We each got a lump from
the bar tender and went to work. Ii was
first fly lose Tor q dollar a shot. | got the
| first fly and the second, and also the Y
eight. By that time il dawned on me that
be must have doctOred hi. lump, for there
wasn't a fly thas would go within a foot
of it was pretty sore, but just then a
brilliant idea struck me, and | proposed
that we try ten more goes At $40 apiece.
He said all right, hut when We got the
money up l insisted that the rule change
and first fly win instead of lose. To my
surprise he agreed to that, too. Well, To
make a long story short, the flies swarmed
all over his lump for ten straight times,
but nary one came TO see me. When he
put the last stakes in his pocket | WAS the
widest man 10 Colorado. knew I'd been
robbed, but didn't see how il was done,
Finally | called the stranger aside and
said:
My friend, don't suppose that Pm in
pudent or inquisitive, hut | have Il curiOsi-
ty to know how you wound me up. If you
will put me on, I'll promise not to work
the game in yOur territory and huy a
bottle of wine
"He laughed, and said: We'll, ! don't
mind telling you that | put a drop Of stuff
on my lump that will make a fly hunt the
next county mighty quick
"I guessed that much, hut how about
the last time we played;'
"'Oh, | supposed you'd want TO switch
so | just changed Jumps with you.
"Once in n while" said another old
timer, these smart people don't get the
best of il. A couple of years ago | got into
a poker game at Chicago with q Kansas
man, who was there selling live stock. !
am a pretty fair poker player myself, but
this fellow beat me two or three nights in
succession. OF course | suspected work
of some kind, but he was such a big, awk-
ward, stupid. looking fellow that ! was
ashamed TO think he could do any cheat
ing that | would not detect. ! remember
his hands yet. They were pretty nearly
the size of hams, and about as graceful.
One thing that COMPOUNDED me was that
all his big winnings were made on my
deal. ! watched him closely, and wassat-
isfied that he did not hold out cards and
slip them into his hand. lie simply pick
ed up what / gave him, and invariably
overhead me. There is 4 limit 20 even
luck, and after o while | caught him. He
was Gaping the deck. That is to say, he
would hold out thnees and, before the
draw, on the pretence of pushing the deck
aside, Strengthening it up or something OF
that sort, would drop them on top. Then
he would call for three, and | would deal
him Just what he wanted. As soon as
discovered what he was doing, ] began
holding out treys. 1 had collected three
of them when | noticed his big paw sailing
over the deck. Isaid nothing, but watched
my chance, and dOOpped my little trcys
over the cards he had deposited. On the
draw he got the treys, and | got his cap,
which happened to be mines. There was
no comment on either side, but he stared
and turned about the color of a picked
beet. After that the game went on peace
fully, and | carried away the proceeds of
his livestock transaction. Next
~ never 20 to Chicago" said a pale,
John Oakhurst style OF faro dealer, with
out getting broke. No matter how firmly
| make up my mind not to do it, ] always
land at a faro game and always lose. There
seems to I've Il fatality about it. Often and
often | have been embarrassed for money
to pay railroad fare away, and Am always
OH bad terms with myself for n month af
terward. On one occasion | divided my
money and gave half of it to ParsOn Davies
with strict instructions not 10 let me have
1t until was on my way to the train.
That same day / got broke as usual, hunt
ed up Davies and made such a strong talk
to him that he became Disguised. gave me
back my money and told me never to come
in his place again. BY night | hadn't a
cent.
1.-THE next trip | made TO the city, how
ever, | struck a scheme that | am thinking
about patenting. In the evening ! felt the
old fascination creeping over me, and sat
down and tried 10 reason with myself. !
knew if | gave some Of my money 10 a
friend TO keep for me | would he certain to
make him give it back, and hat il was no
use TO try to stay away from the game.
Finally, by Joye, | hit it. | got m enveI-
Ope OF the hotel clerk, put half my roll in
it, directed it TO myself, stamped il, and
put it in the mail box. You can bet |
didn't get that money till next morning
Uncle Sam wouldn't give it up until the
mail carrier came around, aud then | post
ed it again and kept up the operation until
| was ready to leave. | didn't have TO
borrow for a railroad ticket that trip"